Now TfL says it wants to KEEP £15-a-day London congestion charge to ‘support capital’s culture, hospitality and night-time businesses’ months after Sadiq Khan pledged to SCRAP the temporary rise TfL had claimed the rise in Congestion Charge from £11.50 to £15 was temporary Sadiq Khan previously said he would ‘negotiate with Government’ to reduce cost … Read more
‘It’s woke madness!’ GMB viewers slam decision by £26,000-a-year St Paul’s Girls’ School to cancel the term ‘head girl’ because it’s ‘too binary’ – saying ‘people need to get a grip’ St Paul’s Girls’ School will no longer use the term because it says it is too ‘binary’ The £26,000-a-year school will now refer to those in … Read more
Huge blaze rips through scrap yard near London City Airport as more than 70 firefighters battle flames London Fire Brigade deployed 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters at 10.46pm Firefighters tackled flames for hours and will stay at Newham scene this morning No one was injured in the blaze but it has caused ‘significant amount … Read more
The fur flies at Number Ten: Larry the Downing Street cat sees off rival FOX in scrap behind Prime Minister’s home Larry the Downing Street cat was photographed chasing away a territorial rival Photos show the chief mouser facing off against a fix behind Cabinet Officer After intense stare-off, Larry successfully chases the fox out … Read more
‘He treated me as an equal’: Former scrap dealer who was friends with Prince Philip for 40 years pays tribute to the duke’s down-to-earth nature Scrap dealer, George Bowman, 84, tells of 40-year friendship with Prince Philip Unlikely pair met whilst competing in Lowther Carriage Driving Trials in Cumbria Duke of Edinburgh visited the trials almost … Read more
Here’s an embarrassing confession — and I fear that I’ll never be admitted to polite society again once it’s out in the open: reader, I’m not at all keen on live theatre. Indeed, my heart used to sink before the lockdown on those mercifully rare occasions when kind friends would ring to say they had … Read more
‘We had so many plans’: Sugababes forced to scrap plans for 20th anniversary reunion as they couldn’t get into the studio due to Covid By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 23:55 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 01:09 GMT, 3 March 2021 The Sugababes were forced to scrap their plans for a 20th anniversary reunion … Read more
Never let a good crisis go to waste. It was Winston Churchill who made that saying famous. He was speaking in 1940 when the future of the nation was at stake. Even Covid can’t compete with that. But what we do face today is a crisis in education and, no, it has not been created … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more